Coffee or tea pot



(No Model.)

J. B. MABURY.

. UOFFEE AND TEA POT.

No. 264,721. 7 Patented Sept. 19, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. MABURY, OF CHILLIGOTHE, OHIO.

COFFEE OR TEA POT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,721, datedSeptember 19, 1882,

(No model.)

tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates-to vessels adapted to quickly, economically, andthoroughly extract from tea or coffee infusions thereof by means of awater-receptacle, a cofl'ee or tea pot proper, and anintermediately-located coffee or tea receptacle; and it consists incertain devices and combinations of deviceshereiuafter described, andspecifically set forth in the claims.

Figure 1 represents the water-receptacle; Fig. .2, the coffee or teareceptacle and coffee or tea pot; Fig. 3, a vertical central section ofthe several receptacles combined.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

A represents what is hereinafter denominated the boiler; and it consistsof any suitably-shaped receptacle in which water can be boiled, and hasahandle, a, and a deep neck, a, at the bottom of which is an internalflange, a which serves as a support for the tea or coffee receptacle B,which is adapted to fit within the neck a of the boiler. The receptacleB is provided with a perforated top, b,and bottom I), each provided witha handle, b and impert'orate sides, as shown. The top b is provided witha depending'fiange which enters the receptacle, and serves to render thetop top removable as a cover.

The coffee or tea pot proper, (J, is fashioned or shaped and constructedsimilarly to the boiler, and has the usual handle, 0, deliveryspout c,and strainer 0 while its neck 0 is large enough to receive the neck ofthe boiler, and its internal flan ge, c broad enough to support or restupon the receptacle B. An orortea desired is put into the boiler. Theground coffee or the tea is placed in the receptacle B, and this isinserted in the neck of the boiler and the pot G placed over all andplaced upon the stove, where it remains until the water has boiled or isboiling. Then, withoutseparating the parts, the handles are seized andthe relative positions of the boiler and pot are reversed, and they areallowed to stand a few minutes, when the boiler and receptacle arelifted from the pot and the cover I) is placed thereon and the coffee isready to be served from the pot.

The operation of my invention is as follows: In heating the water to theboiling-point steam is produced and passes up through the coffeegroundsor the tea in the receptacle, and, partially cooking it, carries with itsome of its aroma and strength into the now superimposed and invertedpot, where it is retained in the vapor or condensed by expansion andfalls to the receptacle. None of the aroma or strength is allowed toescape, as the perforations of the strainer are practically closed abovethe flange c by the iinpert'ora-te sides of the receptacle. Uponreversing the parts the hot water is filtered directly through thecoffee or tea into the pot, and the resultant liquid part-akes fully thestrength and aroma, with no considerable amount of the dregs of thecoffee or the tea, and thus is quickly accomplished the making of coffeeor tea infusions of full strength,with practically the most limited andeconomical quantity of coffee or tea required.

I do not claim as of my invention a tea or coffee receptacle adapted tobe reversed and to indirectly filter the water through the coffee or teatherein contained.

Having described my invention, the manner of using, and the operation ofthe same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. An apparatus for making coffee or tea infusions, which comprises aboiler adapted to receive and support a coffee or tea receptacle, acoffee or tea receptacle having imperforatc sides and perforated top andbottom, and a coffee-pot adapted to receive, support, and be supportedby said boiler and receptacle,whercby the tea or coffee is directlyacted upon by steam and directly infiltrated, without exposure to theair, by the water from which the steam isproduced, substantially asshown and and the pot (J, substantially as shown and de- 10 described.scribed.

2. The combination of the boiler A,provided In testimony whereot'I nffixmy signature in with the flange a the receptacle B, having a, presenceof two witnesses.

perforated top and bottom with a teu'or coffee -1 T T 5 pot, 0, providedwith the flange c substa'n- JAMEb MABL tially as shown and described.Witnesses:

3. The combination of the boiler A, the re- JoHN KELLHOFER, ceptucle B,having perforated top and bottom, A. B. HOWSON. 'l

